Severe storms lash South Arkansas with tornadoes and floods
Torrential rains and a squall line swept across South Arkansas causing high water in several areas. Tornadoes damaged stores and a house near Oakdale and Glenmore, and another tornado hit Burrwood near the Mississippi River. No direct deaths were reported. a Greyhound bus was blown off a highway near Opelousas and a school bus carried 30 passengers back to town. Highways flooded and bridges washed out as winds reached up to 60 mph.
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South
Arkansas
Monroe
Louisiana
Winnsboro
Columbia
Ruston
U. S
New Orleans
Mississippi
Alabama
Greyhound
Opelousas
Oakdale
Glenmore
Burrwood
Baton Rouge
Teen-Age Burglar Ring Acknowledges 4-Day Crime Spree
Police say four suspects including 18 year old Margie Parish Boatwright and Lamar Sharman admitted staging 10 to 12 burglaries during a four day trip from Jacksonville to New Orleans. Detained with screwdrivers the group described the acts as service station break ins.
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New Orleans
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Margie Parish Boatwright
Lamar Sharman
Sandy Conley
Somerville
Mass
Landry Pritchett
Sanford
Foley
Ala
Tallahassee
Sharman
Conley
Crisis Deepens Between United States and France Over Tunisia Arms
In Paris U.S. Ambassador Amory Houghton pressed Premier Felix Gaillard at 2 a.m. amid a developing Franco American rift over arms for Tunisia. France warned arms shipments could breach Atlantic solidarity as Pineau planned a Washington trip to defuse the crisis.
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Paris
U.S
Amory Houghton
Felix Gaillard
Houghton
Gaillard
Tunisia
U. S
France
Christian Pineau
Washington
Pineau
Armory Houghton
Heavy metal firm eyes Monroe for multi million plant
A major heavy metal manufacturer is considering Monroe as the site for a new plant. St. Louis executives met Monroe Mayor W. L. Howard and M A I D C chief Walter Koch to review facilities and resources. The project would be southbound, funded by the firm, with a 100000 square foot building and 200 skilled jobs, amid other southern contenders.
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Monroe
St. Louis
W. L
Jack) Howard
Walter Koch
Monroe Area Industrial Development Corporation
Okays Resignation Of Twin Brother In Kidney Case
The Air Force accepted Lt Sam Merriman’s resignation so he can donate a kidney to his twin brother Billy Merriman 26 of Oklahoma City. Doctors say Billy needs the transplant planned around December 1 to live.
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Hondo
Tex
Air Force
Oklahoma Air National Guard
Sam Merriman
Hondo Air Force Base
Billy Merriman
Oklahoma City
Bears as Guinea Pigs For Air Force Experiments
Alamogordo New Mexico reports four bears were sent from a New York game farm to the Air Force Missile Development Center for use in experiments. Nearby officials say bears have humanlike bone structure and will not be launched into space. Col John P Stapp, head of the aero medical lab, is cited as an example of volunteers aiding progress.
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Air Force Missile Development Center
Alamogordo
Air Force
Mrs. America
John P. Stapp
Aero-Medical Laboratory
The
Missile Center
Eisenhower Warns of Higher Federal Spending for Space Race
President Eisenhower told a Oklahoma City audience that the United States must accept substantially higher federal spending to match Russia in the space age. He warned of costs for defense, science education, and foreign aid while promising economies in other areas and opposing deep cuts to conventional forces.
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Oklahoma City
Eisenhower
America
Russia
Strategic Air Command
Congress
Weird flying object sighted near railroad tracks
Joe Jacob Jr of the News Star World reported a five foot high object with three revolving lights and square windows near a city railroad line at dawn. He said it resembled a flying saucer and left quickly without inspecting further.
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Joe Jacob, Jr
News- Star — World
Joe
Recovery of W H McKelvey after surgery at St Francis
W H McKelvey father of Mrs Allen Turpin is reported making a splendid recovery following surgery at St Francis. The news notes steady improvement and hopeful outlook for his condition.
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W. H. McKelvey
Allen Turpin
St. Francis
Spinal meningitis feared epidemic in Dallas
Dallas public health official James C. Strong warned that spinal meningitis in its most contagious form is near an epidemic in the city. He reported 14 cases and three deaths this year, with eight cases in the last three weeks, saying 17 cases would reach epidemic proportions. The illness affects children from five months to 16 years old.
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Dallas
Asst
James C. Strong
Strong
Willie Mays Barred From Buying Home
Willie Mays failed to buy a home in San Francisco after owner Walter A. Gneschloff refused the $37,500 asking price citing neighborhood pressure against a Negro buyer. Mays expressed disappointment but avoided making an issue of the incident, noting a person must handle his own problems.
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Willie
Miraloma Drive
San Francisco
Willie Mays
San Francisco Giants
Walter A. Gneschloff
Mays
Gneschloff
Ask Admission of 10 New Nations
United Nations date line reports Japan and Canada presenting a list of 10 new nations for membership in an enlarged Disarmament Commission. Western powers back the proposal after failed talks with India and neutral and Soviet bloc states. Soviet delegate Arkady Sobolev condemns the list and vows to vote against it. Indian sources voice strong dissatisfaction.
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United Nations
N.Y
Japan
Canada
General Assembly
U.N. Disarmament Commission
India
Arkady A. Sobolev
Garcia Victory Is Landslide in Philippine Elections
Manila reports presidential candidate Carlos P. Garcia and the Nacionalista Party surged to a landslide win as about 50 percent of five million votes counted show Garcia leading Liberal rival Jose Yulo by 300000. Nacionalistas poised for dominating majorities in both houses. Diosdado Macapagal set for vice presidency against Jose Laurel Jr.
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Manila
Carlos P. Garcia
Nacionalista Party
Liberal Party
Jose Yulo
Ramon Magsaysay
House
Senate
Nacionalistas
Liberal Diosdado
Fire Ant Invasion Triggers Possible Emergency Edict
Growing prospects today that local authorities will be asked to declare the fire ant invasion here an emergency and order immediate steps to control the pests.
Professor Testifies in New York Garbage Racketeering Probe
Washington effort to quiz C Don Modica about ties to Albert Anastasia and Vincent Squillante as witnesses outline racketeering in the 50 million dollar year garbage haul business. Tomorrow Vincent Squillante is to testify amid broader gangster links and gunplay concerns.
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Modica
New York
Senate Committee
Albert Anastasia
Murder, Inc
Vincent J
Jimmy) Squillante
Anastasia
Umberto
Robert F. Kennedy
Squillante
Nunzio
Vincent Squillante
Moonlight and Sputnik Feelings Across the South
In Gatlinburg and Gainesville residents react to the Sputnik era with humor and skepticism. Southerners express curiosity rather than fear and question military implications. In Oak Ridge area, public sentiment mirrors cautious, mixed reactions to space age developments.
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Sputnik
Fugitive Wetzel Linked to NC Patrolmen Slayings
FBI identified fingerprints from an abandoned 1957 Oldsmobile in North Carolina killings of two highway patrolmen as Frank Edward Wetzel, a New York Willard mental hospital escapee. A nationwide manhunt is under way with authorities in Mississippi and Tennessee connected to the case.
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Washington
FBI
North Carolina
New York State
J. Edgar Hoover
Frank Edward Wetzel
Willard
N.Y
Charlotte
N.C
John Doe
Wister Lee Reese
Rockingham
James Thomas Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hoover
Wetzel
William A. Wetzel
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Edgar ‘Sonny’ McGraw
Bradford
Summer Urges Polio Vaccination Across Ouachita Parish
Dr W Carroll Summer head of the Ouachita Parish Health Unit urges residents to get polio shots now to build immunity before the next season. He notes several months are needed for immunity and that vaccine is available to all ages. Through the year 36 770 inoculations were given with October totaling 894 First injections numbered 334 up 117 from August Second injections 237 162 below last month Third shots 323 up from 166 in September.
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W. Carroll Summer
Ouachita Parish
Summer
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National Security Council
Walter A. Gwendiloff
Garcia
Don
Lakeshore
Lexington
West Monroe
J. J. Joyce, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Joyce
Gatlinburg
Great Smoky Mountains
Gainesville
National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tenn
N. C
U.S. Supreme Court
J. P. Coleman
Mississippi National Guard
Parchman
Frank Wetzel
Willard, N.Y
William Wetzel
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